Vishnupuram Award

Vishnupuram Award is an award instituted by The Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam(Vishnupuram Literary Circle), a group of readers of Tamil writer Jeyamohan. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, Vishnupuram. This award was initiated to honour the senior Tamil writers who have so far not received any recognition and to promote Tamil fiction. This contains cash award of Rs 1,00,000^[1] and a memento, a book on the author will also be published for the occasion.^[2]

Recipients

• A Madhavan, Thiruvananthapuram (2010)^[3]
• Poomani, Kovilpatti (2011)^[4]
• Devadevan, Thoothukudi (2012)^[5]
• Thelivathai Joseph [2013] ^[6]
• Gnanakoothan [2014] ^[7]
• Devathachan poet [2015] ^[8]
• vannadhasan short story writer [2016] ^[9]

References

1. "Vishnupuram award for Thelivathai Joseph". 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
2. "New award holds hope for lesser known writers". Times of india. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
3. "A. Madhavan selected for Vishnupuram Literary Award". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
4. "Caste discrimination continues in Tamil Nadu". TruthDive. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
5. "In the stillness of poetry". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
6. Vishnupuram Award for Srilankan Tamil Writer